Russia, claiming that Ukraine has been up to its historical nasty habit (yet again) of siphoning off Russia's gas as it travels through the Ukraine part of the pipeline towards Europe, has shut off the gas valve....thus denying several European countries their gas. Russia is saying that its gas will be diverted to Turkey instead.* If Europeans want any of it, they will need to build their own pipeline to Turkey to get it.

Late last year, Russia announced that it was no longer planning to build another pipeline (South Stream) to Europe. The plans to build this pipeline foundered on the EU's insistence that Russia could not both build and own the pipeline. They had to sell it to one of the EU's energy companies to run. Russia is not into this kind of deal as it wants to become the same kind of energy powerhouse (i.e. control its own resources) that other countries take for granted that they can be.

So, the gauntlet has been officially dropped. The US, through its meddling in Ukraine and forcing its' European client states to invoke sanctions against Russia, has pushed Europe into a very cold and dark corner indeed. But, no doubt, Obama et al (already in frenetic M$M spin cycle) will respond by paraphrasing that famous statement:

"Let them eat cake in the cold and dark!"

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* Just wondering if Russia's sudden decision had anything at all to do with this. Just askin'.

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From the Crow's Nest

"What happened to Kennedy is nearly what happened to me. America is in danger of upheavals. But you'll see. All of them together will observe the law of silence. They will close ranks. They'll do everything to stifle the scandal. They will throw Noah's cloak over these shameful deeds. In order to not lose face in front of the whole world. In order to not risk unleashing riots in the United States. In order to preserve the union and to avoid a new civil war. In order to not ask themselves questions. They don't want to know. They don't want to find out. They won't allow themselves to find out."

~ French president after returning to Paris from JFK's funeral on November 24th, 1963

Charles de Gaulle

“If NWO agents cannot use reason to make a point, then they are right: I am their enemy.” Vladimir Putin

"For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed." JFK

Our rights will not fall due to limitations nor will they be abolished by unjust rule.

Ali Badwan re Palestine

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'.....the truth is that Western corporate so-called news media are simply this: one giant troll army marching in lockstep with the political agenda of Washington and its coterie of Western allies.' Finian Cunningham

The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies will pass into history.” – George Orwell

"Those who stand up for justice will always be on the right side of history." Copied from a protest sign seen at a demonstration in Palestine.

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"Authentic journalism is journalism that tells the people something the government doesn't want them to know." --Gary Webb (1955 – 2004)

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Anyone who relies on the Western media lives inside The Matrix. - Paul Craig Roberts

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Greencrow is an Internet identity and avatar I chose in 2003... when I first started going on news forums. I first used it on The New York Times forums (was kicked off that forum for insisting 9/11 was an inside job--since reinstated) but have used it on many other forums such as YouTube, CBC, Rabble.ca (kicked off that one) Rigorous Intuition (kicked off that one too) and a few more I can't think of at the moment. In any case, Blogs are supposed to be fun and I hope this one is for me and my readers. gc

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